ESGR in the News

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – West Virginia’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve hosted a Tri-County Joint Leadership boss lift with Monongalia, Marion and Harrison Counties Chamber of Commerce members April 25.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. – As the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Washington National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. Trisha Almond is responsible for the welfare, readiness, moral, and care for over 7,500 enlisted personnel of the Washington National Guard.

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WICHITA, Kan. – Kansas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) a Department of Defense program, announced John Prichett and Sheryl Bishop, supervisors at Spirit Aerosystems, were awarded Patriot awards for their outstanding support of a member of the Kansa Army National Guard.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The annual Military Employer Recognition Breakfast, also known as MERB, in conjunction with Fleet Week Port Everglades and sponsored by Broward Navy Days held recently was a total success.

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WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Pennsylvania Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense program, announced today Ken Shariko of Kimberly Clark, was honored on Tuesday, May 14th with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of company employees serving in the Pennsylvania Guard and Reserve.

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Allen Armstrong, of EPS Corporation, was presented with a Patriot Award recently, by Greg Nelson, Department of Defense-Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Area 1 Volunteer, in recognition of his extraordinary support of his employee, U.S. Navy Reserve Chief Petty Officer Christopher Burnett.

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MEAD, Wash. – When Stephen Wilson, owner of Mount Spokane Insurance, supports his employee who serves in the Washington Air National Guard, he is not only doing it because it is the right thing to do, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, commonly referred to as USERRA, requires employers to be accommodating of their employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserves Components. 

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OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve Committee, a Department of Defense program whose mission is to educate reserve component members of their employment rights and responsibilities and recognizes supportive employers, recently held its Annual Plans and Awards Meeting (APAM) at the Red Lion-Olympia.

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